WEBVTT
MEGAN: DOUG AND SHELLEY.
PWE'RE AT CORNER OF SPEAKMAN AND
PSTAGECOACH.
PPOLICE HAVE IT BLOCKED OFF RIGHT
PNOW.
PTHAT'S BECAUSE CHIEF GORDEN EDEN
PHAS CONFIRMED THERE WAS A
PSHOOTING HERE EARLIER TH
PEVENING.
PWE ARE TRYING TO ZOOM IN ON THE
PHOUSE WHERE THEY SAY IT
PHAPPENED.
PIT IS THE HOUSE WERE THE SEA AN
PSUV PARKED AND RUNNING IN THE
PDRIVEWAY.
PALBUQUERQUE POLICE WOULD ONLY
PSAY THAT 4 PEOPLE WERE RUSHED TO
PUNM HOSPITAL AFTER THIS
PSHOOTING.
PTHEY HAVE NOT SAID WHO WAS SHOT,
PWHY THERE WERE SHOT, OR BY WHOM
PBUT AGAIN, OUR SOURCES SAY 3
PCHILDREN ARE DEAD.
PCHIEF EDEN SAYS AS I SPEAK
PDETECTIVES ARE HARD AT WORK
P, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
PHAPPENED HERE.
P>> WE HAVE DETECTIVES CURRENTLY
PAT THE HOSPITAL TRYING TO
PINTERVIEW VICTIMS, AS WELL AS
POUR DETECTIVES HAVE ARRIVED HERE
PAT THE SCENE AND ARE
PINTERVIEWING PEOPLE FROM THE
PNEIGHBORHOOD.
PMEGAN: BUT ONE THING THE CHIEF
PDID WANT TO POINT OUT.
PHE SAID NEIGHBORS HERE SHOULD
PNOT BE AFRAID.
PBECAUSE WHILE THEY HAVEN'T NAMED
PA SUSPECT YET, THEY SAY THEY'R'E
PCURRENTLY NOT LOOKING FOR
PANYONE
PPEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE HEARD OR
PSEEN ANYTHING.
PTHE CHIEF SAID HE HOPES TO HAVE
PANOTHER UPDATE BEFORE THE END OF
PTHE NIGHT.
PSHELLY: AS WE'VE TOLD YOU, FOUR
PPEOPLE WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE
PTRAUMA CENTER AT UNMH.
PDOUG: DAVID CARLE IS LIVE WITH
PWHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT THEIR
PCONDITIONS.
PDAVID: FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
PTAKEN TO THE TRAUMA CENTER HERE.
PYOU CAN SEE OUTSIDE THE
PEMERGENCY ROOM, THERE ARE
PMULTIPLE POLICE VEHICLES.
PTHERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS PARKED
POUTSIDE THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
PDETECTIVES ARE HERE ON SCENE AND
PAN INVESTIGATION IS ALREADY
PUNDERWAY.
PHOSPITAL OFFICIALS I SPOKE TO
PWOULD NOT COMMENT FURTHER THAN
PTHAT.
PBUT WHEN WE GET MORE
PINFORMATION, WE WILL RELATE IT
PTO YOU.
PREPORTING AT UNM HOSPITAL, DAVID
PCARL.
PDOUG: RIGHT NOW NEIGHBORS ARE
PTRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
PHAPPENED.
PSHELLY: JUSTIN MATTHEWS IS LIVE
PWITH REACTION.
PJUSTIN: I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL
PPEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA AND
PTHEY SAY, THIS, JUST DOESN'T
PMAKE SENSE HERE.
PI'M TOLD MOSTLY RETIREES LIVE IN
PTHIS 4 HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD.
PI SPOKE WITH A WOMAN WALKING HER
PDOG ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO AND SHE
PSAYS THIS IS SHOCKING.
PSAYING SHE WALKS THROUGH HERE
PEVERY NIGHT AND NEVER QUESTIONS
PHER SAFETY.
PI KNOCKED ON SOME DOORS OF HOMES
PNEARBY.
PPEOPLE TELL ME NO ONE HEARD ANY
PGUN SHOT
PONE GENTLEMAN I SPOKE WITH SAID
PHE SAW ALL OF THE LIGHTS HERE

3 children fatally shot in Albuquerque neighborhood

Police say the suspect is not at large but did not identify

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Updated: 6:31 PM CST Dec 6, 2016

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

Albuquerque police say three children were killed and their mother is in critical condition after a gunman shot them when they arrived home Monday night.

Police said Tuesday that 45-year-old George Daniel Wechsler shot the family after he broke into their Albuquerque home and waited for them.

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While he did not release any names, Police Chief Gordon Eden said the victims included a 5-year-old boy, a 6-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy.

Eden said the gunman was taken to the hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and later died. Authorities believe the man had a short relationship with the mother, who was listed in critical condition.

Mayor Richard Berry described the incident as unimaginable and heartbreaking.

The mayor called for the city to come together as investigators try to determine what happened.

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she was "heartbroken over this horrible and senseless act of violence."